BAIROKO CVE 115

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Commencement Bay Class Escort Carrier
    Ordered as PORTAGE BAY
    Renamed BAIROKO June 5 1944
    Keel Laid July 25 1944 - Launched January 25 1945

  1. USS BAIROKO CVE-115
    Commissioned July 16 1945 - Decommissioned April 14 1950
    Recommissioned September 12 1950 - Decommissioned February 18 1955

  2. USS BAIROKO AKV-115
    Redesignated Aviation Transport (AKV) May 7 1959, while in reserve

    Struck from Naval Register April 1 1960
    Scrapped January 1961

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page     (1947)

 

Postmarks

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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Close-Up Image
Thumbnail Link To
Full Cover Image

1st Commissioning July 16 1945 to April 14 1950


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1947-03-31

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1947-10-27

Navy Day


 

Locy Type
2#

(Br. #16009)

1945-10-26

Sailor's Mail


 

Locy Type
9ef(nu)

1947-05-17

Note:


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n)

1950-01-06

LDPS, Placed in Mothballs, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


2nd Commissioning September 12 1950 to February 18 1955


 

Locy Type
2r

1953-07-27

Korean War Ends


 

Other Information

BAIROKO earned 3 Battle Stars (Korea)

NAMESAKE - A small harbor on the north coast of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. In 1942 and 1943, the Japanese used this harbor as the port of supply for Munda airfield itself important for the battles in and around Guadalcanal. American forces captured Bairoko on August 25 1943, and its seizure marked an important milestone in the southwestern Pacific counter-offensive

 


 

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